The Washington Post Responds To Me, and I Reply to the Post — On Thursday, the Washington Post published an article by Steven Mufson and Juliet Eilperin titled “The biggest lease holder in Canada's oil sands isn't Exxon Mobil or Chevron. It's the Koch brothers.” The article's first paragraph included this claim:

GOP candidate for governor is a registered sex offender — Glenn Champ says his criminal record, which includes voluntary manslaughter and other charges, could help him deal with politicians. — One of four gubernatorial candidates introduced to California Republicans recently …

Thom Tillis says where he went to college shouldn't matter — A day after questions surfaced about his alma mater, U.S. Senate candidate Thom Tillis said where he went to college shouldn't matter and dismissed suggestions he misled voters. — In an interview Friday, the House speaker acknowledged …

French Jew Brutally Assaulted in Paris — A Jewish teacher was savagely beaten by a group of Arab men in a brutal anti-Semitic attack in Paris, according to the Bureau for National Vigilance Against Anti-Semitism (BNVCA). — The attackers - who shouted “death to the Jews” and “filthy Jew” …

Black Pathology And The Closing Of The Progressive Mind — Among opinion writers, Jonathan Chait is outranked in my esteem only by Hendrik Hertzberg. This lovely take-down of Robert Johnson is a classic of the genre, one I studied incessantly when I was sharpening my own sword. The sharpening never ends.

The boom in smuggling to avoid cigarette taxes — Shares - — More than half of the cigarettes sold in New York State are smuggled in from other places to avoid the Empire State's taxes on smokes, which have soared nearly 200 percent since 2006, according to a report issued by the conservative Tax Foundation.

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